A medication used as a second line of defense against tuberculosis could enhance therapy for fear and anxiety disorders, according to a new clinical study. D-cycloserine (DCS) has landed itself on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicines for its abilities to stop the growth of bacterial cell walls. In recent decades, however, mental...
University of Houston study: Poor sleep at night ‘spills over’ into children’s emotional lives UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON POOR SLEEP HARMS CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF THE SLEEP AND ANXIETY CENTER… CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON In a new study...
by Michael Addelman, University of Manchester A University of Manchester study of tens of thousands of patients in England with type 2 diabetes has shown that 77% of them have at least one other physical or mental health condition. The observational study highlights how some conditions, such as schizophrenia which is 2.4 times more likely...
by University of Chicago Medical Center For military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), symptoms such as anxiety, anger and depression can have a devastating impact on their health, daily routine, relationships and overall quality of life. A new pilot study by the University of Chicago Medicine and the Stanford University School of Medicine...
In their search for what triggers the damaging side-effects caused by acute psychological stress, Yale researchers found an answer by doing a fat check. In the face of psychological stress, an immune system response that can significantly worsen inflammatory responses originates in brown fat cells, the Yale team reports June 30 in the journal Cell....
by UC Davis UC Davis MIND Institute researchers found an unexpected set of mental illnesses in patients with a spectrum of a rare genetic disorder. Their study revealed the need for clinicians to consider the complexities of co-existing conditions in patients with both psychological and fragile X associated disorders. Double-hit fragile X spectrum cases The...
by Terry Goodrich, Baylor University A new treatment for stress which combines mindfulness with hypnotherapy has shown positive results in a Baylor University pilot study. The intervention is called “mindful hypnotherapy.” “Mindfulness is a type of meditation that involves focusing attention on present moment awareness. It can help people cope with stress, but can require...
by Luxembourg Institute of Health Researchers at the Department of Infection and Immunity of the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) have developed LIH383, a novel molecule that binds to and blocks a previously unknown opioid receptor in the brain, thereby modulating the levels of opioid peptides produced in the central nervous system (CNS) and potentiating...
by Cliff Peale, Miami University A respiratory simulation device, complete with an artificial nose made from a 3-D printer, is the subject of Miami University’s newest patent and a potential breakthrough in researching, diagnosing and treating breathing disorders. Lei Kerr, professor of chemical, paper and biomedical engineering, is the inventor on the patentalong with co-inventors...
by Len Canter, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—As much as people often love to talk about their feelings, it might be more productive to skip the conversations and write about your worries instead, according to research done at Michigan State University (MSU). The research, published in the journal Psychophysiology, provides the first neural evidence of the benefits...
